Chen Tian, female, born in Wuxi, Jiangsu. She graduated from the International Finance Department of Nanjing Agricultural University in 2001 with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. In 2004, she obtained a Master’s degree in Chinese language and literature from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Nanjing University. In 2007, she received a Ph.D. in Chinese language and literature from the same department at Nanjing University. Currently, she is an associate professor in the Department of Drama, Film and Television Arts at Nanjing University.   

Chen Wenjie, male, Han ethnicity, born in Guan County, Shandong Province in September 1968. He received his MA and PhD in literature from Sichuan University in 1995 and 2000, respectively. In July 2000, he entered the postdoctoral program at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Nanjing University and completed the program in June 2002, after which he stayed on as a faculty member. He is currently an associate professor at the School of Liberal Arts of Nanjing University. From August 2005 to January 2006, he taught at Changji College in Xinjiang. His main research interests are Chinese language history and religious literature language.